FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR: El Paso ...The flash flood warning - TopicsExpress



          

FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR: El Paso ...The flash flood warning remains in effect until 815 pm mdt for west central el paso county... At 636 pm mdt...Gauge reports indicated thunderstorms were producing heavy rain over the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flow moving through the camp creek and douglas creek drainages. The debris flow can consist of rock...Mud...Vegetation and other loose materials. Rainfall rates of around an inch per hour were observed over the waldo canyon burn scar. The heaviest rainfall has moved east of the burn scar...But runoff may take several minutes to move down the drainages. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Western colorado springs...Air force academy...And the northeast side of the waldo canyon burn scar. Move away from recently burned areas. Life threatening flooding of creeks...Roads and normally dry arroyos is likely. The heavy rains will likely trigger rockslides...Mudslides and debris flows in steep terrain...Especially in and around these areas.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 00:45:06 +0000

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